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Innovation and the arms race : how the United States and the Soviet Union develop new military technologies / Matthew Evangelista.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evangelista, Matthew, 1958- author.
- Series:
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--History.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Military-industrial complex.
- Arms race.
- Cold War.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [1988]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Innovation and the Arms Race offers a new account of the causes and mechanisms of the "technological arms race" between the Soviet Union and the United States—the competitive development of major weapons innovations.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Theory and Policy
- 2. Sources of Innovation
- 3. Weapons Innovation: U.S./USSR
- 4. The Origins of U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons
- 5. The Origins of Soviet Tactical Nuclear Weapons
- 6. Explaining the Technological Arms Race
- 7. The Arms Race and the Academy
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-3430-X
- OCLC:
- 1178768862
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